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colonelnoun |
The Greeks colonized Sicily and southern Italy. Our organization is seeking to protect the rights of the newly ... |
Colon Comes OutsideThe colon should be placed outside quotation marks. When matter ending with a colon is quoted, the colon is dropped: The employee has two objections to the practice... |
Color vs. Colour — And Who is Noah Webster? The word color is used by people in the United States whereas the word colour is used everywhere else in the English-speaking world. So why is there a difference in the spelling of these words? ... |
columnnoun |
Most pairs of words that are frequently misspelled do have some subtle differences in the way they sound, due to a different letter or pronunciation. That makes it easier to spot the difference between them. But when it comes to “coma” and “comma”, t... |
Combining Various Parts of Speech You will also form compound adjectives by combining various parts of speech. Here's the way hyphenation works: Combining Parts of Speec... |
Come get it vs. Come and get it Some expressions are so often used on the internet wrongly, that they start to seem right and, sometimes, they actually become acceptable, at least informally. “Come get it” and “come and get it” is one of these examples – they are expressions tha... |
comedynoun |
comfortable - correct spelling comfortableadjective |
Something is comic if it is intended to be funny. The word is mainly applied to skits, songs, plays and the like. "Tom Lehrer was famous for his comic songs."Something is comical if it is unintentionally funny. "Her portrayal of O... |
comingverb (present participle of the verb come), noun, and adjective |
The comma goes inside the closing quotations marks. According to the editor, writers make mistakes in "quoting from research sources," "using too many quotations," and "putting punctuation marks in th... |
Commas and Coordinate Adjectives Long, Hot SummerWhen each of two adjectives modifies the same noun, put a comma between them. As a test, put the word and between the two adjectives. If it fits, then the adjectives are called coordinate adjectiv... |
Commas and Elliptical Expressions Use a CommaUse a comma to show the omission of a word or words readily understood from context: In Illinois, there are seventeen such institutions; in Ohio, twenty-two; in ... |
Commas and Independent Clauses Comma Before the andWhen the conjunction joins two or more independent clauses, put a comma before the conjunction: The supervisor reported the misbehavior, but the personnel committe... |
Commas and Introductory Clauses or Phrases You should put a comma after an introductory clause or phrase: Though the agency had studied this issue before, it went ahead with another study. (Introductory dependent clause.)If I were you,... |
Appositive with CommasA word, phrase, or clause in apposition to a noun is usually set off by commas (dashes or parentheses might also be used): The chairman of the committee, Senator ... |
Comma Goes Inside YouWhen the context calls for a comma at the end of material enclosed in quotation marks, the comma should be placed inside the quotation marks: We should study the report on "discrimination ... |
commemorate - correct spelling commemorateverb |
Comment Comment is a short statement or remark about something one has seen or experienced. For example, ‘your shoes are nice’ is a comment on the shoes, ‘it was a funny movie’ is also a comment. Comment can be verbal or writt... |
Commercial and Literary Style of Writing ... |
commissionnoun and verb |
commitmentnoun |
committedverb (past tense and past participle of the verb commit)Example: He com... |
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